minicourse

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noun

A brief educational course.

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Meanings

nounminicourse (plural minicourses)

plural minicourses

  1. A brief educational course.

    A day trip to Chesterton can be a self-guided minicourse in midwestern architecture, thanks to a survey of Porter County sites and structures published by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.

    1995 April 7, Deanna Isaacs, “Chesterton, IN”, in Chicago Reader
    1 more example

    […] financial incentives would help lure dozens of New York University professors — and not just those interested in the Middle East — to the Abu Dhabi campus even if only for a semester or a January minicourse.

    2007 August 31, Tamar Lewin, “N.Y.U. Plans a Branch in Abu Dhabi, Officials Say”, in New York Times
  2. A short course or route, for example in the game of golf.

Origin

Translations

Spanish cursillo
  • cursillobrief course
Cite this entry
APA

minicourse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minicourse

MLA

“minicourse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minicourse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minicourse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minicourse.

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